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Beating Burnout: 4 Ways to Support Teachers and Staff

  • Posted by Christina Epplett
  • On Apr 25, 2023
Have you ever heard the saying, “You can’t pour from an empty cup”?  While educators experiencing stress and burnout may not come as a surprise, there are many tools that can help “fill the cups” of those on your team to help them beat burnout. What is Burnout? Recent data from Marken and Agrawal (2022) […]
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5 Ways to Combat Teacher Shortage and How Helios Helps

  • Posted by Brian Juarez II
  • On Aug 24, 2022
Happy 2022-2023 school year! Or is it? HR staff is busier than ever trying to get highly qualified teachers for their classrooms. According to Yahoo News, there are between 36,504-52,800 full-time teacher positions that are still unfilled nationally. This shortage is leading to classrooms filled with “underqualified” teachers. Currently, this accounts for 5% (163,650 “underqualified” […]
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These 5 Powerful K-12 Recruiting Strategies Get Results

  • Posted by Team Helios
  • On Mar 24, 2022
The teacher shortage crisis is real. There is no one working in K-12 education today that doesn’t realize that fact – or feel its effects. Human resource departments and school recruiters struggle to fill vacancies only to have more open up on a near daily basis. Everyone faces the same problem: amidst educational policy arguments, […]
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California’s Changing K-12 Vaccine Mandates

  • Posted by Team Helios
  • On Mar 24, 2022
Nearly two years into the pandemic, COVID-19 mitigation measures and vaccines remain a hot topic. K-12 school systems are certainly not excluded from the debate, and the moving targets have left K-12 HR professionals scrambling for solutions.  California has led the charge on COVID-12 mitigation strategies and vaccine mandates in schools.  Still, clarity about mandates […]
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FERPA and HIPAA: What’s FACT and What’s FICTION for K-12 Schools and Compliance

  • Posted by Team Helios
  • On Dec 28, 2021
In this article we are going to address some myths and some truths regarding Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). The US Department of Health released guidance in 2008 in relation to both health and student records. This is an area that can sometimes cause confusion, so […]
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Newest Helios Success Story: Coldspring-Oakhurst Consolidated Independent School District

  • Posted by Jim Houliston
  • On Jun 10, 2021
Helios is excited to introduce you to one of our newest partners, Coldspring-Oakhurst Consolidated Independent School District (COCISD), located in Coldspring, Texas. Candy Yeager, HR Coordinator, and her team are saving more than 50% of their time by using Helios to electronically handle employee files, onboarding, teacher certifications, reports, e-forms, workflows, applicant management, hiring, and […]
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Webinar recap: Making Sense of the American Rescue Plan – COVID Funding for K-12

  • Posted by Jim Houliston
  • On May 12, 2021
Remote learning, re-opening, and acquiring the funds needed for it all is still a challenge for many schools. Looking for more funding during the pandemic? Learn how the American Rescue Plan, which is nearly 4x larger than the CARES Act from over a year ago, is helping fund schools in this time of need.  This webinar is […]
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Every Wednesday in July: Shifting to Paperless Webinar

  • Posted by Jim Houliston
  • On Apr 15, 2021
Schools investigating Paperless solutions have their homework cut out for them. They’re searching for answers to questions like, “Can your system do XYZ?”“Does it integrate with system such & such?”“Can we start with just part of the system or do we need to buy the whole package?”“How long is the implementation process?”“Can we see the […]
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K-12 COVID Relief Funding Explained for 2021

  • Posted by Jim Houliston
  • On Mar 3, 2021
Schools hit with pandemic-related hardship have some good news: the newest Covid-19 relief package is providing economic aid to Education. Of the $900 billion federal stimulus bill, $82 billion goes towards Education. This includes: $54.3 billion for K-12 schools. This amount is nearly four times what schools received last year through the CARES Act. $7 billion to expand […]
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